LAST OF THE OLD--FIRST OF THE NEW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90G00152R001102230003-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 9, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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9 September 1987
MEMORANDUM FOR: NIOs
FROM: H. F. Hutchinson, Jr.
VC/NIC
SUBJECT: Last of the Old--First of the New
1. Each NIA should be thinking carefully about the. policy issues for
the last year of this Administration and the first year of a new one. The
present Administration still has some institutional memory, at least over
its seven year life. Most of the current policy figures understand the
issues and, in some respects, the Intelligence Community can communicate
with them in an analytical shorthand. The next Administration, regardless
of party affiliation, will appoint many new policy officials and they will
need tutorials of various kinds to explain the issues and make the
intelligence intelligible.
2. I mentioned this special challenge facing the NIOs at our staff
meetings of 21 May, 31 July, and 4 August. Twice, I couched my references
in terms of your review of the annual interagency production plan. Your
selection of NIE and IIM topics for FY 88 should be made with the old and
new administrations in mind. Not everything you need to prepare for the
election year should be in the form of interagency production, however.
Most of your requirements can be met in other ways.
3. Many of the tutorials needed can be provided by single-agency
research pieces, work that may not be done unless you suggest it. The
Intelligence Community may lack the talent or the time to do some of the
work needed in your area and you may wish to commission a special paper with
a think-tank or with an independent contractor. This is the time to
consider topics and available talent. You may find it is necessary to
convene panels of experts to review issues prior to sponsoring a research
paper in the Community or contracting for one. The Department of State and
Department of Defense may be interested in sponsoring panels or seminars
jointly with you. The joint sponsorship, or allowing them to host with your
money, frequently is useful in overcoming objections of academicians to
taking CIA money.
4. You need to think beyond the most obvious intelligence judgments
needed in the next 12 months. The NIO has a unique position in the
Intelligence Community in terms of what is being produced, what critical
intelligence is not available to the producers, what is being collected,
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what is not, and the why of all of it. The NIO has great potential
influence over research, production and collection. In terms of an old and
a new Administration, your knowledge of these limitations and capabilities
of intelligence is nearly as important as the intelligence judgments written
into the interagency products you manage. The NIO'can bring a continuity of
knowledge and insight to the often separated cultures of research,
production and collection. Some of your work in the next year should be
directed toward improving your understanding of these factors.
5. Finally, you should begin to think about how you will market the
intelligence product and the related information you will acquire. Please
don't hesitate to drop by to discuss your thoughts on the tasks.
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Distribution:
1 - each NIO
1- D D C I
1 - DDI
1 - SRP
1 - C/NIC
1 - VC/NIC
1 - HFH Chrono
1 - O/C/NIC Chrono
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